What are Wisconsin School Children Learning?
Disgraceful—Wisconsin Teacher Protests
Hate-A-Rama: The Vulgar, Sexist, Racist, Homophobic, Rage of the Left –Michelle Malkin
What are Wisconsin School Children Learning?
Disgraceful—Wisconsin Teacher Protests
Hate-A-Rama: The Vulgar, Sexist, Racist, Homophobic, Rage of the Left –Michelle Malkin
As Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states struggle to reduce untenable budget deficits, a new USA Today/Gallup finds that not one of three major fiscal strategies available to state lawmakers is very popular. The lease objectionable to Americans “is reducing or eliminating certain state programs” with about equal numbers in favor as opposed.
A slight majority 53% opposes reducing pay and benefits to state workers and a larger majority 71% opposes raising taxes.
About two-thirds of Americans 64% perceive their own state is facing a budget crisis based on what they have read or heard—31% remain unsure and 5% state say their state is not.
Additionally the new poll finds Americans opposed to their own state adopting a deficit reduction proposal like the one that has triggered a legislative stand-off in Wisconsin, that would eliminate some of the collective bargaining rights of most public unions—including Teachers Unions. 1/3 of Americans would favor such a bill in their own state while 61% would oppose it.
Related: Gallup: Number of Solidly Democratic States Cut in Half from 2008–2010
Democrat Urges Unions to “get a little bloody when necessary” –The Hill
Indiana State Senate Passes Law to Curb Teachers Unions –Reuters
House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH and Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ
Rep. Gifford’s friends in Congress have planned a fundraiser for the reelection of the Arizona Congressional Representative in Washington, DC
The Congressional Fundraiser was organized so that Rep Gabrielle Giffords may focus on her recovery and rehabilitation–several lawmakers are hosting the event including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA including Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-NY and Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-FL
More here from Townhall.com
China Human Rights Activists Protesting Persecution of Political Prisoners
More than two days after Chinese authorities forced open the door to his Beijing home and dragged him away, Human Rights Atty Tang Jitian remains missing.
While Chinese officials have stated that he is in Police Custody, they have failed to produce any legal documentation notifying his family of his whereabouts.
Tang’s disappearance is the latest in a growing list of human rights abuses in China.
On the 06 November, 2009 I wrote here that Chinese Human Rights activist Yang Zili, may be jailed for “subverting state authority” by writing a letter to Barack Obama
More here from Amnesty International
Related: Beijing Police Crackdown on Activist Lawyers –France 24
China Activists Resist Police Demands to Stop Handing Out Pamphlets –Epoch Times
Inflation continues to climb during Obama’s watch, jumping 0.6% in January the largest surge in consumer prices in 5 months.
The higher inflation pressures come at a time when a number of reports in recent weeks have shown economic weakness.
More here from MSNBC